| 1 | 1 | | By: Thompson (Senate Sponsor - Gallegos) H.B. No. 2012 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2011; |
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| 3 | 3 | | April 26, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Business and Commerce; May 3, 2011, reported favorably by the |
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| 5 | 5 | | following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 3, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to certain prohibited dealings between a wholesaler and |
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| 11 | 11 | | retailer of alcoholic beverages. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 102.32(a)(2), Alcoholic Beverage Code, |
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| 14 | 14 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (2) "Retailer" means a package store, wine only |
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| 16 | 16 | | package store, wine and beer retailers, wine and beer retailer's |
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| 17 | 17 | | off-premise, or mixed beverage permittee, any other retailer, or a |
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| 18 | 18 | | private club registration permittee. For purposes of this section, |
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| 19 | 19 | | the holder of a winery permit issued under Chapter 16 is a retailer |
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| 20 | 20 | | when the winery permit holder purchases wine from the holder of a |
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| 21 | 21 | | wholesaler's permit issued under Chapter 19 for resale to ultimate |
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| 22 | 22 | | consumers in unbroken packages. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 24 | 24 | | * * * * * |
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